Or is ownership less important so long as you have access? Pandora, slacker (which actually balances the second and third models), muxtape, last.fm--ubiquity may be a bit off, but something like it is coming...

How do you take your music? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42076#Comment_42076Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:14:58 -0500Val A Lindsay IIEdit; Trying to use Pandora more to be introduced to music, although their 'similar' category is really questionable. I'm also learning that Whitechapel is a good place to learn about new artists. :) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42077#Comment_42077Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:15:10 -0500noblelion
permanent approach. When I find new music, I tend to download it or pirate it from friends, or find it on Pandora. If it's good enough, I burn it. If it's awesome, I buy it. If my life would be an empty mockery of existence without this music, I buy it on vinyl.

Edited to add: @Val - it is a bit of an addiction. I started spinning Jungle about 5 years ago, which whet my appetite for vinyl, and now my living room is an absolute mess... I have more LPs than I have space... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42078#Comment_42078Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:15:33 -0500brittanica
of course, as soon as i get a chance, it all goes on an ipod; i'm also a big fan of portability.

if there's something i know i'll have a hell of a time finding in a store, however, i usually (err) download a torrent. or buy it from itunes. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42079#Comment_42079Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:16:08 -0500CCoskerHow do you consume your music?http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42081#Comment_42081
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42081#Comment_42081Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:18:17 -0500Z
i'm still stuck on cds, as i'm a big fan of tangibility. on top of that, i buy them at an actual brick and mortar store if at all possible.

...and here I thought I was the only one.

I do not own an mp3 player. I don't have an iTunes account. I don't own any Apple gadgets.

- Z ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42082#Comment_42082Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:20:07 -0500DIGITHow do you consume your music?http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42083#Comment_42083
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42083#Comment_42083Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:22:10 -0500tapheadMajor exception: Records sold at shows. It's a sign of support and a nice way to extend the glow from a good gig.

Incidentally, on the ubiq-side of things SimplifyMedia is pretty much the niftiest bit of software I've run across in the last year or so. (I've still got some invites left, so holler if you're interested in sharing.) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42085#Comment_42085Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:22:30 -0500brittanicathat, and "shuffle" has really dug its teeth into me. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42086#Comment_42086Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:24:30 -0500ScribeVinyl is still one of my favorites, but they are getting harder and harder to find. I never was a huge tape fan and I refuse to buy an MP3 player.

I hate large chain stores like Best Buy and support my local record store as best I can. They're usually nice enough to order anything that they don't have in stock or readily available. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42087#Comment_42087Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:25:06 -0500dot_xomHow do you consume your music?http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42088#Comment_42088
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42090#Comment_42090Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:33:54 -0500Z
@heil_brittanica

[..] "shuffle" has really dug its teeth into me.

I've been charged with the responsibility of keeping music going at the office. This means sorting through my own collection and the collection of co-workers for 'customer friendly' and inoffensive tracks. These all get loaded into Windows Media Player, and get played on shuffle.

[..] the only reason i have the mp3 player is so i don't wreck my car trying to find something to listen to while driving.

By the time I'm commuting home I'd rather gouge my eyes out than listen to any more 'random' selections. I have a six disc changer in the car, so I load up six 'listenable' albums (that is, albums that are great all the way through) and bask in the predictability.

- Z ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42093#Comment_42093Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:36:41 -0500joe.distort
I do not own an mp3 player. I don't have an iTunes account. I don't own any Apple gadgets

75% vinyl, 25% cds.one dday im sure i will have an mp3 turntable, but i just dont have the money to yet. or rather, i would rather just buy records than more technological devices.

and i would have to say shuffle is kinda wack, since you arent even listening to whole albums anymore. (thats just me though. i guess the exception is if you are having a party or something and want a 5 hour variety of stuff without trying. thats not for me though. i like digging through the crates too much...)

Major exception: Records sold at shows. It's a sign of support and a nice way to extend the glow from a good gig.

yes! and more than a sign of support, that is gas and food money for diy touring bands. plus, sometimes they are clearing out old stuff and i can get, say, a FUNERAL DINER 12" for 3 dollars. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42094#Comment_42094Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:43:30 -0500EgonIf I see an opening band I like, I buy their CD. If I play with a band, I buy their CD. I trade physical data DVDs with my friends. This past weekend, I went on an iTunes splurge. 8 different releases.

But sadly, my collection has never swelled like I did when I used to rip CDs from my old job's music department. So many awesome albums. Thousands of them.

Illegal downloads have always disappointed me with their shit quality. So I don't do that unless it's just one, obscure, ironic track like "She's My Cherry Pie." ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42097#Comment_42097Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:51:20 -0500MegaGooseyAs a last resort, I will still buy CDs, usually when I go to shows.

So yes the vast majority of the music I consume is done digitally. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42099#Comment_42099Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:55:42 -0500joe.distortat least it was. in my walkman. when i was a badass fifth grader. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42104#Comment_42104Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:06:22 -0500Z
@joe.distort

and i would have to say shuffle is kinda wack, since you arent even listening to whole albums anymore.

If I want to listen to my Elliott Smith, The Clash, Nirvana and Foo Fighters tracks at work I have to sandwich them in between other people's Leona Lewis, Barenaked Ladies and Timbaland tracks.

Listening to albums in the car is my way of decompressing from cross-genre overload.

- Z ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42108#Comment_42108Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:10:17 -0500joe.distortHow do you consume your music?http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42111#Comment_42111
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42111#Comment_42111Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:15:32 -0500Z- Z ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42115#Comment_42115Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:21:38 -0500curb If I copy something I really like, I'll pay for it. As for listening, it's either at home sat at the computer, listening to stuff as background music while I go about my business, or having a 'deep listen' while I'm travelling with my MP3 player. One thing I really like about listening to headphones in the city is the way random street noise can seep in and transform whatever you're listening to into a different song entirely, if only for a moment. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42158#Comment_42158Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:41:19 -0500synthsapienHow do you consume your music?http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42159#Comment_42159
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42159#Comment_42159Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:44:38 -0500oneiros
The Fragile in 1999, and then Kid Koala's Scratchscratchscratch a few years ago at a show. But aside from those, I've got a ridiculous amount of CDs and mp3s.

For me, it's important to have the actual, physical product. I like the artwork, and I like the way it looks in the collection. I use mp3s mostly to preview the music before I decide to buy it. And I'll always try to buy a band's CDs at a show if I can afford to. Most of my listening is done in the car, on the commute to work (with me singing along the whole time). The car stereo is a CD and mp3 player, but when you flip down the panel: cassette deck. Some things just never die, I guess. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42165#Comment_42165Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:09:53 -0500halcyondayI like buying cds at gigs and picking up tiny homeburned demos when I can and occasionally I go poke about in Fopp and buy a stack of stuff that looks interesting/I need to replace my copy/etc. I also get a cd a month from Rough Trade's Album of the Month club, which is generally pretty good for stuff that I wouldn't otherwise pick up. Mp3-wise, I snag free tracks where ever I can (last.fm, myspace, blogs, friends and family) and will buy them occasionally from places.

I've got a couple pieces of vinyl floating around, I try restrict my purchases to special editions because damn, that stuff is addictive but I have a few singles as well, mostly purchased because they caught my eye design-wise. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42169#Comment_42169Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:20:23 -0500Trotskyso Vinyl it is!I'm pretty precious when it comes to music, I have vintage Bose 901's and a vintage amplifier, and a (lonely) DJ turntable which makes me do bad things, lol

But I have enough MP3s on my computer to choke a virtual elephant, so that's a pretty prevalent force in my life as well, obviously. can't play records in the car, you know how it goes. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42175#Comment_42175Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:59:34 -0500liquidcowI have a few LPs, only of favourite bands though, mostly NIN and Opeth. I do consider giving up on them and selling them because I never use them.

I download stuff to check it out (or sometimes, sometimes, if it's leaked early), and if I like it then I buy it. I never get round to listening to stuff more than once unless I have a physical CD to remind me of it. There are a few things that I have on mp3 because I sometimes listen to them, but I don't like them enough to buy them, or occasionally even stuff that I really dislike, but have listened to just to know who a certain band are and what they sound like. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42219#Comment_42219Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:55:11 -0500oscillateurHow do you consume your music?http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42347#Comment_42347
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42347#Comment_42347Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:07:21 -0500williacI own copies of Nation of Ulysses' Plays Pretty For Baby and 13 Point Program to Destroy America on cassette because I'm old, vinyl because I have some awesome speakers my dad built, CD because I didn't always have an iPod and MP3 because now I do. I'll part from my New Bomb Turks' Destroy Oh Boy! on vinyl when I'm dead and not a second sooner, but I don't even know where the CD went.

I used to do local radio and still play in a band, so I have my weight in local bands' CDs and 7"s. I gave up being precious about CDs though. Good cover art is so rare that I basically gave up on it. I'll gladly pick up some vinyl though... or will again as soon as I buy a new turntable.

edited to say: I have never regretted, since they started, my eMusic membership... well except for that one time when a bug in their system kept me from renewing. About half of my music over the last few years came from there. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42367#Comment_42367Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:47:32 -0500Shanewestisapussy
It has revealed a new world of music to me. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42376#Comment_42376Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:04:31 -0500howyadoinHow do you consume your music?http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42378#Comment_42378
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42596#Comment_42596Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:32:10 -0500joe.distort
I'll part from my New Bomb Turks' Destroy Oh Boy! on vinyl when I'm dead and not a second sooner

Especially at work! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42611#Comment_42611Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:03:03 -0500nigredoHow do you consume your music?http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42620#Comment_42620
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42620#Comment_42620Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:14:25 -0500Bombus HortorusI love to have CDs, mentally, I can't get used to the idea of buying digital files, would rather have a physical CD. However most of my collection is ripped to various hard drives - my car has a 40gb drive attached so I don't have to clutter it with discs. Have a bunch of tapes and minidiscs too which I want to transfer at some point, but haven't the time or inclination. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42657#Comment_42657Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:52:26 -0500DebbieMHow do you consume your music?http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=42845#Comment_42845
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=43257#Comment_43257Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:37:51 -0500Alastairi have an ipod so i don't wreck them commuting ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=1886&Focus=43278#Comment_43278Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:39:24 -0500Ecksearoh
Roger Taylor's Fun In Space. Everything else I get from Amazon MP3 or through blog searches using Songbird, playback through Songbird or XMPlay. In order to satisfy my multi Terabyte OTR obsession I turn to the Newsgroups, those old radio shows taught me a lot about storytelling, and they are all Public Domain. ]]>